James Clark Stolebarger 1961 ~ 2006 James Clark Stolebarger was born on September 7, 1961 in Millington, Tennessee to Robert Lewis and Rayma Fae Stolebarger. Jim passed away on October 30, 2006 after years of courageously fighting the effects of a debilitating illness. Jim was off the charts smart, having an IQ well into genius levels. When he was in the fourth grade at Eastwood Elementary in Salt Lake City, Jim's mother was told by the school counselor that Jim's score on an intelligence test given there was the highest ever recorded in the school and possibly the State. No one had ever heard of a score even close. Jim was never one to follow the normal course, and at the age of fifteen and three years before he graduated from high school, Jim enrolled in advanced college courses at the University of Utah in mathematics and his then favorite subject of astronomy. Allowed to use the school's equipment, Jim discovered and chartered a previously uncharted star, a rare feat for any astronomer let alone someone of his age so new to the science. His professor was so impressed that he gave Him his first professional telescope for future work. Jim took graduate and post graduate courses while still a teenager never bothering with any of the introductory prerequisites. Once an economics professor teaching a post graduate level course to Jim and impressed with his first paper inquired about Jim's PH.D. candidacy only to learn that he was a college freshman. Jim eventually became disenchanted with formal education and dropped out of college. He continued his studies privately, and his interests varied from economics to politics to computers to art to music to religion. Jim was an accomplished painter, and his works were shown in galleries in Salt Lake City. He developed a superb talent for graphic art and started his own company, DigitalArts, which designed websites and did all variety of corporate imagery and reporting for a number of Utah businesses. Jim loved music, with tastes ranging from Mozart to Pink Floyd. Jim was a student of the Holy Bible, and he found a personal religious perspective that was grounded in his certain faith that he would one day be reunited with his Savior, Jesus Christ. Jim was loving and caring and a great source of strength and companionship to his mother, as she was to him. Jim was always up for an intellectual debate on almost any subject with his brother, and by his count never lost. Jim was also uncle to his brother's daughters, whom he always asked about. Jim had his own daughter too, whom he loved very much. He deeply regretted that he was not a bigger part of her life, which he observed with great pride and admiration, mostly from afar. Jim is survived by his mother, Rayma Fae Stolebarger; his brother, Robert Stolebarger; and his daughter, Camille Smith. Jim will be interred at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park with a small graveside ceremony for immediate family on Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.
Allyson Jensen (Egbert)
https://www.deseret.com/2006/11/3/19753744/obituary-james-clark-stolebargerAllyson Jensen (Egbert)
James Clark Stolebarger 1961 ~ 2006 James Clark Stolebarger was born on September 7, 1961 in Millington, Tennessee to Robert Lewis and Rayma Fae Stolebarger. Jim passed away on October 30, 2006 after years of courageously fighting the effects of a debilitating illness. Jim was off the charts smart, having an IQ well into genius levels. When he was in the fourth grade at Eastwood Elementary in Salt Lake City, Jim's mother was told by the school counselor that Jim's score on an intelligence test given there was the highest ever recorded in the school and possibly the State. No one had ever heard of a score even close. Jim was never one to follow the normal course, and at the age of fifteen and three years before he graduated from high school, Jim enrolled in advanced college courses at the University of Utah in mathematics and his then favorite subject of astronomy. Allowed to use the school's equipment, Jim discovered and chartered a previously uncharted star, a rare feat for any astronomer let alone someone of his age so new to the science. His professor was so impressed that he gave Him his first professional telescope for future work. Jim took graduate and post graduate courses while still a teenager never bothering with any of the introductory prerequisites. Once an economics professor teaching a post graduate level course to Jim and impressed with his first paper inquired about Jim's PH.D. candidacy only to learn that he was a college freshman. Jim eventually became disenchanted with formal education and dropped out of college. He continued his studies privately, and his interests varied from economics to politics to computers to art to music to religion. Jim was an accomplished painter, and his works were shown in galleries in Salt Lake City. He developed a superb talent for graphic art and started his own company, DigitalArts, which designed websites and did all variety of corporate imagery and reporting for a number of Utah businesses. Jim loved music, with tastes ranging from Mozart to Pink Floyd. Jim was a student of the Holy Bible, and he found a personal religious perspective that was grounded in his certain faith that he would one day be reunited with his Savior, Jesus Christ. Jim was loving and caring and a great source of strength and companionship to his mother, as she was to him. Jim was always up for an intellectual debate on almost any subject with his brother, and by his count never lost. Jim was also uncle to his brother's daughters, whom he always asked about. Jim had his own daughter too, whom he loved very much. He deeply regretted that he was not a bigger part of her life, which he observed with great pride and admiration, mostly from afar. Jim is survived by his mother, Rayma Fae Stolebarger; his brother, Robert Stolebarger; and his daughter, Camille Smith. Jim will be interred at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park with a small graveside ceremony for immediate family on Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 2:00 p.m.